When Benjamin felt the soft touch of Steph's hand it pulled him out of his thoughts. He turned to look at her, smiled and took her hand. He stopped in front of the office, but frowned at the occupied sign. "I guess I'll send an e-mail then," he said. While he prefered in-person communication, the e-mail would be faster. Who knew how long the boss would be in meeting...

Now what?

Benjamin turned to Steph. "Actually, let's move your things now. With that issue with Gaia we never got around to doing that." He took his phone. "I'll file the report through my phone."

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"Another Article 12 case then," Stuart said as he looked at the boss, who nodded at that. "I do suggest we close down the area of the spiders for the time being. Humans shouldn't wander into their territory, because they might be turned into, ehm, this as well."

Rudrig nodded at the suggestion and typed some things on his tablet to send a special team to map the outskirts of the webbed area in the forest and seal it off from the public by making it a 'military testing area'. He forwarded all the information the previous sniper team had collected and the images of the drones. 

Mr Johnsson leaned back as he watched Rudrig and Stuart take care of things. How he hated article 12. It was all about the rights of agents with a unique illness or condition and was used to protect the rights of agents who turned into something dangerous or an abomination like Rose. 

Stuart turned to Rose. "You are the first reported case of what happens when someone is cocooned by those spiders. Therefore I would like to investigate you to understand what has happened. Under article 12 your rights as a human are protected, therefore I need to ask for your consent before I investigate your case, which will include a physical examination. Will you allow me to investigate?"